Eriksson
Architects won 1st prize with the work “Kuura”. The purpose of the
competition was to seek new sustainable planning solutions for an entirely new
traveling center with high quality resort construction. Kuura’s design consisted
of a dense pedestrian center and an untrammeled connection between skiing
center and the new village center. The most vital element of the area is ski
in-out –route that begins from the end of slalom route and ends in beginning of
transition lift. In this way skiers can go easily directly from cottage to
slalom slopes. The design respected the naturally valuable areas by leaving
them out of construction or making them important part of block structure.
Wetland area was transformed in to active Winter park.
Architecture
takes form from natural elements of Lapland. Inspiration for cottage areas was
taken from the stone types of the area and hotels have the form of reindeer
horns. All around the area nature is the most important attraction.
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